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Project

Smart, polymeric materials for biomedical applications

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01SC0911

Duration

01 March 2011 → 31 August 2014

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Richard Hoogenboom

Fellow

Qilu Zhang

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Macromolecular and materials chemistry
- Organic chemistry

Keywords

responsive materials polymer chemistry drug delivery

Project description

Smart polymeric materials that respond to changes in the environment with a solubility transition will be developed within this project. Responsive polymers will be studied that respond to changes in temperature are the presence of specific molecules. The application of these responsive polymers will be explored for drug delivery.

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